Co-creating solutions for enhancing resilience in informal settlements
How do I strengthen early warning systems to minimise impacts?
What other responses (pre-, during- and post-disaster) might be relevant in informal settlements to build climate resilience?
Although early warning systems play a critical role in alerting communities to an imminent flood event, a number of other responses before, during and after a flood event are equally important in reducing risks and potential loss of life and belongings. These include pre-flood risk mapping and response planning at a community level, building capacity and trust to understand and act appropriately
on the warnings received, and equipping communities with the physical materials that they need to raise the alarm and mobilise the broader community.
As part of the INACCT Resilience Project, work has focused on building capacity through the development of CBFEWS training materials and information posters. Emergency toolkit items (e.g. danger tape, whistles, high visibility vests and loudhailers) have also been prioritised, and in some cases provided, in relevant communities. Risk mapping has also helped to build an understanding of the nature of the flood risk in different settlements, and the specific actions needed to minimise impacts.
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Flood resilience in African coastal cities: Insights from the INACCT Resilience literature review
This insight brief summaries key findings from a literature review under the INACCT Resilience project.
Changemaker series
Hear from Professor Catherine Sutherland, an academic and researcher at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
Changemaker series
Hear from Dr Hayley Leck, a senior specialist in climate change and resilience at ICLEI Africa.
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Hear from Juvicia Gomes, the coordination asssistant at the Face Association.
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Hear from Maria Emilia Albino, an employee at the National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction.
Changemaker series
Hear from Nomandle Nquanula, a Quarry Road Informal Settlement resident and community development coordinator.
Changemaker series
Hear from Sean O’Donoghue, and honorary research associate at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
Changemaker series
Hear from Vanessa Dos Santos, the gender officer at Light for the World.
PhotoVoice in Beira and Durban
The INACCT Resilience project asked community members to share their photos and narratives on their own flooding experiences. This is their story, in their words.
Listen to the INACCT Resilience podcast
Our 6-episode podcast covers various project-related topics from community member perspectives, to the importance of including women in resilience planning.
CLARE is a £110m, UK-Canada framework research programme on Climate Adaptation and Resilience, aiming to enable socially inclusive and sustainable action to build resilience to climate change and natural hazards. CLARE is an initiative jointly designed, funded and run by the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office and Canada’s International Development Research Centre. CLARE is primarily funded by UK aid from the UK government, along with the International Development Research Centre, Canada.
